[Tango-L] floor craft -2

[Jack Dylan]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com>
> 
>It is not  permitted to overtake another couple on the inside. >  
> 

Interesting! I was told the opposite - that when overtaking is absolutely 
necessary [for reasons already given], you should overtake on the inside 
but never on the outside. The reason given was that, due to the embrace, 
the man is blind on his right side and to overtake a man where he cannot 
see you increases the risk of a collision. This makes sense to me. I was
also told that one reason why milongueros always dance in the outer ronda
is because of this 'blindness' on their right side, i.e. they know that there 
are no dancers there to disturb him or his partner. 

One time in Buenos Aires, I was watching El Flaco Dany in a milonga 
when another couple came up close behind him and appeared to be 
about to pass him on the outside. I didn't see any collision but Dany 
stopped dancing and started to berate the other man. 

Jack